Tim Tebow says the pain in his two cracked ribs is almost gone; his throwing motion is almost completely back to normal and he's participating more in practice and he feels he can play at a high level on Sunday.

He will undergo another set of precautionary X-Rays but, otherwise, insists that all is well.

His coach, though, does not. Rex Ryan said today that if Tebow was his son, he wouldn't want him playing with the cracked ribs.

"I just do what the trainers and doctors say and what the coaches ask me to do," Tebow said. "It's all in their control."

Tebow was involved in the three-way decision for who would start at quarterback on Sunday -- Tebow's hometown. He said that Ryan took about 10 minutes to explain why Mark Sanchez will start in Jacksonville and was "very honest" about how everything would shake out.

He did not regret being injured on Sunday when the Jets finally decided to bench Sanchez -- an opportunity Tebow was waiting for all year.

"It was definitely a great opportunity for Greg, and I'm happy he did so well and won," Tebow said. "We're competitors and we all want to play."

As a side note, Tebow reiterated that he had input, but not a choice, in where he landed between the Jets and Jaguars. He still said he's happy he is a Jet.